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genera,! product of grasses. The Brazilian grass Gynerium Sac- 

 chai'oide*!, derives its name from its sugary properties. 



Lindley makes the genera of grasses 291, and the species 3,800. 

 Tea made with florin grass, mixed v,'ith oatmeal and skimmed 

 milk, have been found useful in bringing up calves. 



LENTIL. 



The introduction of the Lentil into this country has be«n sev- 

 eral times urged by the club within a few yeai-s. We are pleased 

 to see it actually commenced in Great Britain. 



Journal of Agriculture and the Transactions of the Highland 

 an<l Agricultural Society of Scotland, contains the following : 



" The Lkntil — A New British Crop. — We spoke in the Journal 

 of Agriculture for July, 1851, of that ancient vegetable, so oftea 

 mentioned in the Bible, so prolific, and above all so nutritious, 

 which M. Guilleiez, a French professor in our city, has acclima- 

 tized by his unwearied efforts, at great cost, and without any 

 other reward than the gold medal of this society. While rolls of 

 tobacco and starch have received pure medals from the juries of 

 the great exhibition, a new food, introduced into our country at 

 the very moment when the potato seems to have lost its vitality, 

 and threatens to disappear from the vegetable kingdom, as many 

 plants have done before from exhaustion and overgrowth, the len- 

 til, that made an attractive article of the admirable collection ex- 

 hibited by Messrs. Lawson & Son, as well as in a separate form, 

 was passed unnoticed. In 1851, M. Guillerez has seen his disin- 

 terested efforts repaid, for the fourth time, with a success beyond 

 his most sanguine liopes, from a spot sloping to the north, and ex- 

 posed to all the winds, at the back of South Queen's Ferry. He 

 has gathered 2^ bushels (weighing 167 lbs.) from 5| lbs. sowed, 

 and the rain in August having spoiled a great part of the crop 

 which was then budding. The lentils sown between rows of beans 

 have produced on an average 30.25, and as much even as Gl for 

 1 ; besides, he had a splendid crop of beans, and also cabbage, 

 cauliflowers, salsify, beets and leeks all flourished most beauti- 

 fully, the lentil rows being propped up by stakes. If the lentil 



